Charm
29-10-25
From: Canada | Quebec | Maniwaki | River Desert Reserve
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-10-25 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Algonkin |
| Provenience | Canada | Quebec | Maniwaki | River Desert Reserve |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Locus | Reservation six miles south of Maniwaki. |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Fish Bone | Pike |
| Description | Bone from gill of pike. The Algonquin believe that this bone resembles a loon's head and neck in profile. When the neck is bulged out as though full of fish it means that the fisherman who caught the pike from which the bone was taken, will have good luck the next time he goes fishing. |
| Length | 30 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Frederick Johnson (#1-93) / Gift of Frank Speck (#94-99), 1929 |
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